Analysis

  • max time kernel
    106s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 19:10

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_973da223ed43b0bf6dc9057be92979f1_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 765KB
  • Sample260804-xvmgnsyajd
  • SHA256 ef0917d57e24edfdb4e3118387989a12581ac16afe7be2a498dd39392178de17
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 46 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 24 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_973da223ed43b0bf6dc9057be92979f1_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_973da223ed43b0bf6dc9057be92979f1_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3872
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:816

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 ef0917d57e24edfdb4e3118387989a12581ac16afe7be2a498dd39392178de17
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 fbed6366cafae5a82a3ad60ca33205d3443852ca9a41f7d62c28a5324b06fabe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 780KB
        • SHA256 f2944965cbbaa7c47b018fc2104f6a66b5b877cf48302db39b4752e3ad23d959
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 813KB
        • SHA256 737a8372920f56112a5a7933380273cb8a224c40ea00b89dfbac82e9f6d46afc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 0d6e613aaa72157e8e3a05ccf5cfcc37f86885efa856f5bf27f04c101898e9ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 df3321c843f6906cccc18fce004ae6d8a7f303f625cbb140b19b86319942a483
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d87f3407960515cd30e6989663ad3f2b312fa1dd57b15cea8e7dffd813222546
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 53b619f14fe17755f08f90d923be710047a0d42d68757d15f0662a73313cd75a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 6c77b9e2664eaf07a7dd5197212c30b6aeb5faa2ef0a960ab348131269cd0f63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 cc3fbee4ee357c3b3895480219520e8add928f242344fc150d4c74658d93b00c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 cc315175953909056f81c89c1c600e9aa4957a29869099ec559ba9a4414d3570
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 220d51e958d0dfa8b407ca7d2391833adc6cd9a4777b4ad68fd6d4cbbbd4a0be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 b6418f47ec88a470e953e7a2ab997c806baf33f87cb0a4d20a63599fdbad5cb7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d606e3d5c48cfec4b739b41d8049cc667801f24e11832ee6b008cabeb88e842c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 be4f7aefe81ef2c35f46c5597f2fc584e64f528c18f403eb2e8d8410dcf29124
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 dfa6a35b873e7c8a7932971fdae412ae1833fca751b620da841c495578d199f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8567e39ffabe0692018156bb08e8f9e396448ce48953a52bbfe32835ee2ca57e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8e5d415b2b3b6f94a06b6b0c2129efe800b8a199f5ed227bd4f60cd21e4e2966
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d7a853fd7325d98990d0ca637528abb8ef472ae1902dd7c0bcfa55ef8fbf808c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d23ae251173668d10fb692e2eeb020b8360df4377c6c5a5e1f6eb7d179f50764
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 2ff0d2d08a4ad29ce30aeb94aa866b928e56897b44ad64f120cbcd1247bb916e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 edaf5e7bec863404cc95558e00561207f9d6412dee05ee9176a84860f7598917
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8ce74123be5562011cbb0c3074741e799d04f90c026d4921fcc36882e87a5c6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 eb00176084613a0b2594be7e4ca5b8df508fd2da988122c22970001eceb466db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 20bc3cd839ccbd4d8d4fa9a7c7d38f8c46119176194eba5c4ee3067361b78a99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 fad29ce8c06d0271911bf7f68a6bca2803a288bb1ea59d86c51248e459a478b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 2693155867adecbe066e5933c8b305f6857a448359fbfc28d7fcf0268e7ee490
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8b4cb37f1df0d9f0f5b7e5a4ae1f0efd313aae7a9634063067a0498ab97cec6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 35d75291ce657a651c05338ee8747a9c608fbd3b913b3da5a2a75d25b6ae905d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 78fa3328b377cdf3f09ec1f9ecbc38188c8553cb88ed451187b4356f8cb3a0fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 db3c6f0b5b576a284af882dd62745cac1b4be414f0bfdda08614b2c623b575ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 744ea1acbbf77f8e6526551beaac7e07f4696ba8ca8a86c78e1f4fb529f347ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 78bc19869f6fd7272cf4e81d7bdb32ef33d6dd486b96e542a08822e6ceee44bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 dd539dd97d737a2da7e4822be1be1d66cef5ad8de36a6fd0192ee2ba226fb721
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 ef28eb53a0ec62f1954044837f823fe67d0dff88cf0bb7518113040535b229bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1c4eea8513924a46d8fabd0df4c40426f654785e05918abdda19c1f9d579f1f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 77e91b425de868d839c1c95e145a8f7c4ff7d2cbe0ba18827336b3b29be28e39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 2ebc2b75fd5ba79461d835fc10edb610668cac22b8cda5d91da38c5eb5ab6679
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 7b55c910b984477ae8bf4d1b4f35a2439e32bdf8749f5ef6360d535402b2cda8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 fbba916d8dd21520ef975cabe1bf5e7af33b4b363aa86766c6c93007ea021f10
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 83002022977d1f0295d46747788f761feb9e892f567bee499bed9c88f970847f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d27ee86de9fd48b27694a69f8e1c4a2b9d32b60efcf4b8e091a9cbc9f3e4b2bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 a9660727c5a79e7f474a4f359a8fe52990bc868a6fe0ef8ab3a2bb99192b9238
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/816-1743-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3872-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3872-1658-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp